ANACOLUTHON Definition & Meaning

anacoluthon

[ an-uh-kuh-loo-thon ]

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noun

Rhetoric.

plural anacolutha

a construction involving a break in grammatical sequence, as
It makes me so—I just get angry.
an instance of anacoluthia.

anacoluthon

/ ˌæ��ə��əˈ��ːθɒ�� /

noun

rhetoric a construction that involves the change from one grammatical sequence to another within a single sentence; an example of anacoluthia

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of anacoluthon¹

1700–10; < Greek ��Բ��ó��ǳܳٳ�ǲ�, neuter of ��Բ��ó��ǳܳٳ�ǲ� not following, equivalent to an- an- ¹ + ��ó��ǳܳٳ�ǲ� marching together ( a- together + kolouth-, gradational variant of keleuth- road, march + -os adj. suffix

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of anacoluthon¹

C18: from Late Latin, from Greek anakolouthon, from anakolouthos not consistent, from an- + akolouthos following

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Example Sentences

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In speaking, he is prone to anacoluthon – sentences whose grammar collapses – and reflexive repetition.

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Borisimus has an instinctive grasp of rhetorical devices, such as digressio and anacoluthon, that lesser mortals such as myself have spent a lifetime learning.

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It is in writers of great mental vivacity—more taken up with the thought than with the mode of its expression—that we may expect to find anacolutha most frequently.

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C. L. N. A. I. J. The anacoluthon in line 3, and the missing rhyme before the burden, in line 4, are characteristic of Khayyam.

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“Leo Steinberg told me anacoluthon referred to me,” said Ms. Schnabel, while guests streamed into the Hole Gallery on the Bowery, the host of her show.

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